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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 4h

Three Swedish engineers with no legal experience started eating lunch every day with lawyers who didn’t know much about AI. Legora went from that lunch table to $200M ARR. A conversation with Max Junestrand and Merritt Hummer.

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Rare earths are foundational to many of the world’s most important technologies. Producing them end-to-end in the U.S. was considered impossible by some, until Hooman Reza Nezhad and Artem Iurkovskyi did it in a year with Solcoa Industries Alysaa Co discusses their journey.

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Make money. Have fun. Live with integrity. Everything else can change. Fund XI. $1.6B total capital for those who know that it will.

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“After idea #7 failed, we were in the depths of pivot hell.” Han Wang on finding Mintlify on the other side of it. youtu.be/GqygvjpruhM?...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The real AI risk isn’t stupidity. It’s sameness. Sam Kececi built Sentience to preserve what makes us unique. "I'm fundamentally worried about a future where we all outsource our thinking to the same language models." youtu.be/x1jtoIqrLPs?...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Which robotics startups are worth watching in 2026? Business Insider asked Amanda Huang. Her response: Sunday Robotics. www.businessinsider.com/robotics-tec...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The idea behind Loyal: prove lifespan extension in dogs, learn what it could mean for humans. Celine Halioua is starting with a question no one’s been able to answer yet. youtu.be/LXqF5tohXt8?...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Congrats, Osmo. Their video platform is live today, and we led the $5M round. The team ran a production studio first, creating 50+ films, before building software that outputs editable code instead of fixed AI video. Now, Storytellers keep more control throughout the entire creative process.

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Broken labor markets should not exist. That's the premise behind Pronto, founded by Anjali Sardana. She faced early doubt, including from her own family, before earning trust and taking off. Read more on Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

We backed Simile on their Series A. Today they announced their $200M Series B. Five months in, 5x revenue growth, tens of millions of simulations run for Fortune 100 customers. Proud to continue supporting the team.

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Most legal AI makes lawyers faster. Crosby charges by the contract instead of the hour, so when the technology improves, everyone benefits. Ryan Daniels on why incentives are aligned. Watch: youtu.be/S-Wtm7nU9ok

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Congrats to Crosby and Cogent on making the 2026 Forbes Next Billion-Dollar Startup list. Proud to support these founders. Full list: lnkd.in/grx-CB8N

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Most founders fall in love with their ideas. Ryan Daniels tried to disprove his, flying to India to talk with the people actually redlining contracts before Crosby existed. That instinct shaped everything that followed. Watch: youtu.be/S-Wtm7nU9ok?...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The biggest barrier to care management technology wasn't the science. It was the reimbursement model. That just changed. Read Partner, Alysaa Co’s take on it here: baincapitalventures.com/insight/codi...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Crosby bills by the contract instead of the hour. Clients like Cursor and Clay say once they switch, there's no going back. Ryan Daniels explains the model on the newest Outlier Briefing. youtu.be/S-Wtm7nU9ok?...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Most senior care companies stop at matching a nurse to a family. Jenny Lee built Hera to go further, with care good enough for her own parents. Families get back 12 hours a month with Hera. Hear more from Jenny Lee and Alysaa Co. Watch the full Outlier Briefing: youtu.be/ES9Lc1C3xVY?...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

What if we've mistaken familiarity for functionality? As humanoid robots dominate the conversation, Ajay Agarwal offers a different perspective on the future of robotics: www.businessinsider.com/humanoid-boo...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The TerraFirma team heard "builder mindset" and took it literally. They're bringing robotics and a modern engineering mindset to construction, giving operators better tools to build faster, safer, and at lower cost. Proud to have led the seed. Congrats to the entire team on the $115M Series A.

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The strongest companies are built one hire at a time. Great recruiting teams make those hires possible. Last week, we hosted Talent Therapy in NYC as a small thank you to the people helping build the next generation of startups. We appreciate everyone who joined to recharge, connect & tell stories.

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Sometimes the best startup ideas arrive disguised as everyday problems. Before Hera, Jenny had already seen where aging care was headed. After watching her own family struggle to navigate it, the mission became personal. Her conversation with Alysaa Co: youtu.be/ES9Lc1C3xVY?...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The companies that redefine categories don't start incrementally. They ask, "How should this job be done from scratch?" That's Mihir Garimella of Actively. He questioned why sales software always added work for reps and built agents that take it on instead. Full journey: youtu.be/HIsRg8gSb_8?...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Jenny Lee built Hera after watching her family carry the hidden cost of aging care alone. Senior care experts, covered by Medicare, backed by AI. Watch the full Outlier Briefing with Alysaa Co: youtu.be/ES9Lc1C3xVY?...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Some of the most important healthcare companies are built in the wake of major policy shifts. Hera is one of them. Care coordination has always been someone's full-time job. It just never had a funding model behind it. Alysaa Co on why that's changing now. baincapitalventures.com/insight/pinc...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Millions of families figure out senior care on the fly. Jenny Lee watched hers do it, then built Hera to change that. Real experts, backed by AI, handling the work that falls on families with no training and no time. $27M Series A today and we’re thrilled to lead.

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Tomo is not another self-improvement app. It’s a number you text that gets more useful with every conversation. We’re proud to lead their $5M Seed and even more proud Tomo users are going to accomplish. Read more: baincapitalventures.com/insight/tomo...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Marty Kausas spent the early days of Pylon sleeping in the office. No customers. No funding. Just conviction. 1,500 customers and 300 legacy migrations later, he was right all along. Full Outlier Briefing: youtu.be/VBKSeA0EbWM?...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

At CommerceNext, nine retail tech startups pitch live and the audience picks the winner. BCV's Scott Friend is judging alongside a sharp group of investors and retail operators. Catch it live | Ecommerce Tech Innovations session, 2:30–3:20 PM ET. growthshow.commercenext.com/agenda/

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Camp BCV, redwoods edition. A few days off-grid with our Labs Summer Fellows: researchers and operators interning at top AI companies spending a weekend in Northern California trading ideas, river time, campfires, and conversations about hard problems. Grateful for everyone involved!

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Business Insider named Ajay Agarwal one of 22 investors shaping the robotics and physical AI boom. VC investment in the category has grown from $4B in 2019 to $26B in 2025. Ajay has been at it since 2004. Congrats, Ajay. www.businessinsider.com/investors-to...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Vineet Edupuganti spent years at one of enterprise security's fastest-growing companies, going from ML engineer to product leader. That trajectory gave him a view most founders never get. Cogent is what came out of it. Full Outlier Briefing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXhD...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

AI is rewriting how your company's story gets told, and most leaders haven't caught up yet. BCV’s Allison Braley joined Sean Garrett (Affirm) and Terra Carmichael (Lyft) at #MediaSummitSF2026 to unpack what that means for brand perception when the narrator is an LLM.

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

BCV Converge takeaways: enterprises want productivity over cost cuts. Junior talent accelerating, not replaced. Consumption pricing is harder than founders expect. The gap between AI hype and reality is still narrowing.

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

That’s a wrap on BCV Converge! This Tuesday, we hosted leaders from Fortune 500 companies across major industries to tackle one question: How are enterprises turning experimentation into real operating impact? Their answers are coming next week. Stay tuned.

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

4 in 10 home health patients turned away. Not a clinician problem. A paperwork problem. Adaptive Innovations rebuilt that. 100k+ visits, 500+ referring orgs, a patient mix nobody else will touch. $50M Series A. This category is about to get very interesting. baincapitalventures.com/insight/curi...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

89% of Cognition's code is written by Devin. The other 11% is the humans who built it. Two years ago they launched the first AI software engineer. Now they're announcing a $1B Series D at a $26B valuation. Aaref has believed in this team from the start. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

This startup wants dogs to live longer. If that's not enough to get you to watch, we're not sure what will. Celine Halioua built Loyal after years of being laughed at & now is developing the first FDA-approved drug to extend a dog’s lifespan. Watch now with Kevin Zhang: youtu.be/LXqF5tohXt8?...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

"Fake it till you make it hasn't really worked for me." Kevin Zhang joined Luba Yudasina for an honest hour on building confidence slowly, what early irrational belief in a founder actually looks like, and why the SaaS metrics playbook has run its course. New episode: tinyurl.com/r3b4sr83

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Opening this app was worth it today. Celine Halioua is building Loyal to give dogs healthier years with the people who love them. 30 seconds of very good boys and girls below. Full interview with Kevin Zhang drops next week.

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

The 2026 CNBC Disruptor 50 is out. 3 BCV-backed companies made it: Decagon, Legora and Socure. 13 years in and this list keeps getting harder to crack. Congrats to all the teams. www.cnbc.com/2026/05/19/2...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

BCV Partner Ajay is on the latest episode of The Robot Report podcast and it’s packed with years of hard-won takes on founders, systems thinking, and why the robot is never really the product. www.therobotreport.com/why-the-worl...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Business Insider just dropped their 2026 Seed 100, a ranking of the top early-stage investors in the US built from analyzing nearly 2,000 investors across 25 performance metrics, and our partner Matt Harris is on it. Congrats on the well deserved recognition 🌱 www.businessinsider.com/seed-100-bes...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Most investors talk about founder empathy. Enrique Sale actually has it. His take on scaling: if people show up because it's a job, you've already lost. Mission first, always. New episode of Technoventure with Peter High: www.metisstrategy.com/interview/en...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Talent is the clearest differentiator between the best and the rest. The companies pulling away have founders who never stopped recruiting. Thank you to everyone who joined us at the BCV People Leader Summit in SF last week.

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

We backed Mind Robotics early. We're back again today. $400M new round, bringing total raised to over $1B. RJ Scaringe and his team are deploying AI into a live manufacturing environment with Rivian, where conditions are dynamic and the cost of failure is real. Read more www.wsj.com/business/aut...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Most drugs that make it through FDA approval still never reach the patients who need them. Forus is fixing that by automating every step between a clinical decision and a patient starting treatment. Proud to back Sahir J and the team as they raise $160M. www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The CB Insights AI 100 is out. We count five BCV portfolio companies spanning sales, infrastructure, cybersecurity, healthcare, and dev tools. Honored to work alongside these teams as AI continues to change more industries. That’s always been our bet. Full list: www.cbinsights.com/research/rep...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

For decades, the answer to a sales capacity problem was just… hire more salespeople. Actively was built knowing there had to be a better way. The best salespeople are still constrained by time and the number of accounts they can hold. Co-founder Mihir and BCV partner, Ajay break it down.

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Don’t hire the AE (respectfully). BCV’s Joe Dimento asked 4 founders how they knew when it was time. Every single one of them waited until they could explain exactly why deals were closing and prove they could replicate it. Full story in the link below. baincapitalventures.com/insight/foun...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Insurance claims are still manual and expensive. Reserv is rebuilding the system as an AI-native TPA, improving speed and outcomes. We’ve been involved since day 0. Today: $125M Series C, 500K claims/year, path to 30M. Congrats to the team. www.theinsurer.com/ti/interview...

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

“You can’t fix a human capacity problem with tools that weigh on humans.” Actively was one of the first to take that problem seriously. When two dozen AEs showed up just to say thanks, co-founder & CEO, Mihir Garimella, knew they were onto something. He joins Ajay Agarwal to tell the story.

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